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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of tales did Elena tell the Minister's children when they were young?
(a) Tales of the Devil as a young man.
(b) Tales of the apocalypse.
(c) Tales of Jesus as a young man.
(d) Tales of elves and fairies.

2. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?
(a) The man told him he is not from the Red Cross.
(b) The Red Cross no longer exists.
(c) He does not have a Red Cross I.D.
(d) His uniform is not a Red Cross uniform.

3. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister that the Prime Minister, whom he says took all the glory, really was?
(a) A schmuck.
(b) A sly fox.
(c) A conniving thug.
(d) Just a pretty face.

4. What does the Marlboro Man do when they approach a checkpoint near the airport?
(a) He holds up a badge.
(b) He squeezes his arm around the Minister.
(c) He pulls a gun out.
(d) He holds a knife to Ari's waist.

5. What does Ari do as he drives the Minister and the man who got into the car with them?
(a) Cries.
(b) Stares ahead in silence.
(c) Sings to the radio.
(d) Calls the cops.

6. What does the Minister say to the Marlboro Man when he tries to say the two are similar?
(a) The Minister says that he should have been arrested with the man.
(b) He agrees with him.
(c) He tells him he is insane.
(d) The Minister says that the Man is far more noble than he is.

7. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?
(a) Elena.
(b) The Minister of Interior.
(c) The Prime Minister.
(d) The Minister's wife.

8. How long ago does the Marlboro Man say he was given that nickname?
(a) 3 years ago.
(b) 10 years ago.
(c) 40 years ago.
(d) 20 years ago.

9. What does the Minister tell the Marlboro Man will happen to him once they reach the airport?
(a) He will be executed.
(b) He will be arrested.
(c) Ari will bring him back to the church.
(d) He will be taken to Paris.

10. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man says, "You, too, are by brother" (12)?
(a) He yells the same phrase back at the man.
(b) He ignores the man and says nothing.
(c) He waves to the man.
(d) He tells his aide to arrest him.

11. What does the Minister realize as a group of aids guide him down the tarmac?
(a) He set the Marlboro Man free.
(b) He did not say goodbye to Ari.
(c) He does not want to see his wife.
(d) He forgot his suitcase.

12. What weapon does the man who said he was Red Cross use to frighten Ari?
(a) A bomb.
(b) A club.
(c) A gun.
(d) A knife.

13. What word does the Marlboro Man mispronounce while the Minister walks down the tarmac?
(a) Ciao.
(b) Aloha.
(c) Adios.
(d) Bon Voyage.

14. What does the Marlboro Man say he helped build?
(a) The Minister's house.
(b) The airport.
(c) The municipal building.
(d) The church.

15. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?
(a) Please don't kill me.
(b) Please don't kill him.
(c) Please don't kill us.
(d) Please get out of the car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man tell Ari he gave up long ago?

2. What does the man tell the Minister is different about both of them from their younger days?

3. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?

4. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?

5. What begins to happen just as the Minister reaches his plane at the end of the story?

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